Newcastle Food Poverty Group (Food Newcastle Partnership)
Newcastle Food Poverty Network was established in response to the Food Newcastle Partnership’s Good Food Plan, and the need to improve coordination and awareness of support for people experiencing food insecurity. Co-facilitated by Food Newcastle and Newcastle Active Inclusion (Newcastle City Council) the Group meet on a bi-monthly basis and has representation from a range of agencies including third sector organisations, the public sector and universities.
Members: Newcastle Council: Early Help & Family Support, Public Health, Active Inclusion, Community Family Hubs, Raising Participation, Newcastle School Sport Service. Newcastle University: School of Psychology, Human Nutrition Research Centre. NHS Trust: Newcastle Nutrition, 0-19 Service. CVS: Children North East, Hat-Trick, West End Women & Girls, Food Nation, West End Food Bank, HealthWorks, WEA (Green Branch), NE Youth, Byker Pantry, Byker Aspire. Education: primary and secondary schools
Established: 28/04/17
How Newcastle Food Poverty Group (Food Newcastle Partnership) is taking action to help tackle food poverty
| Improving coordination and navigation of the local welfare safety net | |
| Empowering experts by experience in the alliance’s strategic work |
Video recorded at the Food Power national conference 2018
Mapping of emergency and low cost food provision in Byker (May 2019)
Working with experts by experiences to develop a sign-posting tool that helps improve coordination and navigation of the local welfare safety net.
Involving experts by experience (Interim report, November 2018)
Piloting approaches to community participation and voice, and seeking to empower those with direct experience of food poverty to play an active role in the development of our alliance.
Contact
Emma Mould
Food Newcastle Partnership Coordinator
Food Newcastle / Food Nation
